Adeon Hawkwood

Or you could just copy from 40K

They've got Chainswords (Broadsword, Katana anbd Dual Blades), Chain axes (Battle Axe), Chain Fist (Claws) and I seem to recall a few Ork models with chainsaw based bayonets

Here's how I tend to view it:

Buff Pros:
Work the same regardless of team speed
Are unaffected by difficulty settings
Are unaffected by enemy resistances

Buff Cons:
Are generally weaker than debuffs
Most of them don't have enhanceable magnitudes
Don't always scale up with team size (and rarely scale up above the standard 8-man team)


Debuff Pros:
Are generally stronger than buffs and most have enhanceable magnitudes (and sometimes better enhancement values)
Once they are cast on an enemy they work for all players engaging him
Require less time to use than buffs (on average)

Debuff Cons:
Are subject to the purple patch and enemy resistances
Have reduced effectiveness on fast moving teams

I love having SB cast on me but I never hold it against a kin if they aren't using it. Part of the reason is that I suck at remembering single target buffs myself so it's hard for me to resent other people not using them. The second reason is that I consider speed boost and the other similar buffs (basically any single target buff with a short recharge) to be very poorly designed. Recasting this buffs every 90seconds/4minutes in not going to be considered fun gameplay for the vast majority of people, there are much better options for implementing this that increase the fun factor without affecting balance. Finally Kinetics offers plenty of good powers besides Speed Boost, it's a nice power but not the defining power of the set. Contrast with a set like Force Fields where the personal bubbles and idspersion field are basically the defining powers; the other powers are nice but soft capping defense is what the set is really about.

Defenders. Support the team and destroy your foes. What more could you want?

For squishy characters like Defenders and Blasters I think I'd still prefer defense but for melee characters I can see some advantage in resistance if it was effective.

In terms of actually making it effective I think three things need to be done:
1. Replace all single resistance bonuses with double resistance bonuses (i.e. a Small Smashing resistance bonus would become a Small Smashing/Lethal Resistance bonus)
2. Increase the [url=http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Invention_Origin_Enhancement_Set_Bonuses#Base_Valu es]base value[/quote] of the double resistance bonuses from 0.63% to somewhere between 1.25% and 2.5%
3. Increase the number of resistance bonuses available either by adding new sets or replacing less useful bonuses in existing sets (*cough*debt protection*cough*)

As for why:
1. This is basically for the same reason typed defense bonuses were all doubled up, using IOs to build up 8 different resistances sucks, building up 3 or 4 is a lot more reasonable
2. As others have said 1% defense is worth more than 1% resistance, generally people use a 1:2 ratio so since defense bonuses have a base value of 1.25% resistance needs at least that to be comparable to typed defenses, personally I think 2.5% would be a bit to good in part because resistance bonuses tend to come earlier than defense bonuses so I'd probably use 2% as the base value.
3. There are a severe lack of sets with resistance bonuses in general. Even if the other two changes were implemented actually building up resistance would be hard withotu adding decent resistance bonuses in higher end sets.

Hmmmm.... I have a Logitech gaming mouse (forget exactly which one) and I haven't had any problems using the side buttons. So standard checks would be download the lastest drivers and install those and make sure that (as StarGeek said) you're using the correct button names.

I did Traps/AR and it is awesome. AR is the King of AoE damage for both Blasters and Defenders. Traps gives me the survivability I need to go to town (not to mention that Ignite does Blaster level damage since they didn't make a new psedo pet).

Also, given the title of your post you make an Emo-themed Traps/Dark defender

I don't think the situation is bad enough yet to necessitate devaluing inf. Besides as Rodion said, unless something is done to fix the basic problems it is, at best, a bandaid.

I'd prefer a Sword and Pistol Assault set rather than trying to make a bunch of variations on "pistol whip" to fill out a Dual Pistols based Assault set.

It's to distract the citizens from the lack of buses.

If you want to be able to hold aggro well as a scrapper (especially against groups as opposed to a single target) then I'd strongly recommend one of the three secondaries with a taunt aura: Willpower, Invulnerability and Shield Defense. Unlike Tankers and Brutes the damage auras in Dark, Fire and Electricity don't get a taunt component when used by Scrappers.

Of the three with taunt auras I'd lean towards Shield. Willpower has a very weak taunt aura (especially when used by a Scrapper) and personally I think Shield works better with IOs than Invulnerability (although you can argue this one both ways). For Primary if you take BS or Kat you can softcap all three positions reasonably easily (you will probably want Weave though).

Nope accuracy is the same for every AT. I suspect that either you were running at to high a difficulty for your accuracy slotting (i.e. +3 enemies only one accuracy SO) or you were fighting an enemy group with high defense (probably Nemesis).

/macro Run "powexectoggleon Sprint$$powexectoggleon Ninja Run"

You actually have to press it twice, the first press will turn on Ninja Runa and the second Sprint.